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1 - Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

2 - The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

3 - A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

4 - The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

5 - Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

6 - Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

7 - The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

8 - He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

9 - He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

10 - Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

11 - He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

12 - The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

13 - The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

14 - The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

15 - Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

16 - He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

17 - Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

18 - For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

19 - That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have madethemknown to thee this day, even to thee.

20 - Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

21 - To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

22 - Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

23 - For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

24 - Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

25 - Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

26 - Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts.

27 - If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

28 - Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

29 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.